The Duchess Regresses

The premise

The past is familiar. Your next move isn’t.

Duchess Ada wakes ten years before her death in exile. The friend who testified against her is still at breakfast; her brother still invites her into his untidy greenhouse. She remembers how she lost them. With an entire decade in reach, what will she do differently, and what has she misunderstood?

• A second life
• Unreliable foreknowledge
• Family and ambition